*A:M User* Roger Posted December 11, 2016 *A:M User* Share Posted December 11, 2016 Which version of AM was the 1999 year version? Was that 8 or 9? I remember 9 as being the buggy version, and the 1999 year version is the most recent one I have that still supported Win 95/98 and NT. I've been planning on experimenting with an older version of AM in a vm on Linux and Android and I thought those versions might be lightweight enough to manage it, but still have a more modern feature set (in terms of having unibody models, hooks, 5 point patches, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuchur Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Hi Roger, A:M 2000 was v8. Like that 1999 should be v7, if I am not wrong... (I am with A:M since v8, thats why I know that). That is a very interesting approach you are taking there... Android might be a problem, since most Android-devices are using ARMs instead of x86-CPUs, but maybe it is something possible with Windows 10 for ARM. (Microsoft announced that recently) See you *Fuchur* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*A:M User* Roger Posted December 12, 2016 Author *A:M User* Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well, in theory, it should be possible to emulate an x86 system on another platform, so I was thinking of emulating a 500mhz pentium and attendant hardware on an android tablet, just to see if I can. If that does not work, then I'd like to try running an older version of AM on a lower-end modern Windows tablet (say some sort of Intel Atom based device). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 12, 2016 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 12, 2016 I recommend not going back further than v10.5 just because that's when our current interface finally settled into place. Versions before that can look very confusing today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*A:M User* Roger Posted December 12, 2016 Author *A:M User* Share Posted December 12, 2016 What year was version 10.5? Would it run under 95/98/NT? The oldest version of AM I have that is still marked as running on those is AM 99. I have the CD with Dennis the Wolf on it, that is the year 2000 CD which I thought was v12? I'm pretty sure that one had some major updates in terms of functionality. The reason I'm looking for something that will run under Win 9X/NT 4.0 (or worst case, Win 2k) is I need something that is fairly low resource, for purposes of my experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 12, 2016 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 12, 2016 My v10.5 shows a creation date of 3/2/2004 I think the Orangutan was the mascot Yes it would run on 95/98/NT But if you have something earlier and want to try experimenting, I suppose there's no harm, especially if you are just modeling with it and saving MDLs for use elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detbear Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 It was V.7 in 1999-2000. That's when I started with A:M. Denis the Dog by Anzovin was on the physical disc that shipped. I'm looking at my disc and it confirms 2000. I think I was on windows 95 or 98 with it when I started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*A:M User* Roger Posted December 12, 2016 Author *A:M User* Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well I just checked and I was quite surprised to find out that the Dennis CD is Win 9X/NT/Win 2k kernel. What version was the switchover to XP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 12, 2016 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well I just checked and I was quite surprised to find out that the Dennis CD is Win 9X/NT/Win 2k kernel. What version was the switchover to XP? I dimly recall that my Win2K machine stopped running the alphas I was getting from Steffan at either v16 or 17. He went to a new compiler and Win 2K was not supported so i needed to build a new machine at that point. By that time everyone was on Win 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*A:M User* Roger Posted December 12, 2016 Author *A:M User* Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well I just checked and I was quite surprised to find out that the Dennis CD is Win 9X/NT/Win 2k kernel. What version was the switchover to XP? I dimly recall that my Win2K machine stopped running the alphas I was getting from Steffan at either v16 or 17. He went to a new compiler and Win 2K was not supported so i needed to build a new machine at that point. By that time everyone was on Win 7. Really? Win 9X/NT/2k support continued through v16? That's a pretty long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 12, 2016 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 12, 2016 At least thru v15. I think v16 was the break because that was when the 64-bit versions started also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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